Robot Note 1

Here are the very first results from my Robot IIa (Star 50?) with Schneider Kreuznach Xenon 1.9/40mm. Negative format is 24x24mm.  Ruined the rest of this 36 exposure roll of Fujicolor 400 because I had no manual and figured out the film rewinding by trial and error (mostly error for this roll). Everything is different on a Robot. Rotary Shutter, spring-wound shutter release  and film advance. No exposure meter or rangefinder. Guestimated focussing using hyperfocal distance - yet fully exchangeable lenses (30-150mm).

This is what a Robot negative strip look like:

 Here are some higher resolution scans from this strip with minor tweaking in PS Elements:

Cold Frame

 

Sneakers                                                                        

 Sage

Here is an image from my second test roll: Fujifilm 100. For some reason this roll showed a lot more flare and low contrast:

Pollinator Garden at the "Vermont Garden Park" in Burlington, Vermont.

ZEISS NOTE 1


Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 24 x 36 from the 1949 Photo-Porst Nürnberg Catalog. Note the word Neukonstruktion  (new design) with exclamation mark.  Upscale version in Compur R shutter was only available with Schneider Xenar 2,8/4,5 cm not yet with a Zeiss Tessar. 

Leica Note 3

Leica Man

Anyone know this fellow?  The picture is from the book by Theo M. Scherer "The Leica and the Leicaflex" (English Edition 1970). Page 67.  The picture legend says: "American globetrotter visits the Leitz works. Photograph by J. Behnke. Example of grotesque distortion. 21mm Auper-Angulon, f8; 1/125 sec; Ilford FP3."